Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-09-10

receipts from miscellaneous sources were
nearly half million more than in August
g year ago. The expenditures during
August We're sss, 7l7, 162-about $500, 900 less
than in August, 1886.
THE OLD WORLD.
Over ], ZOO cases of scarlet fever are
reported in London
The Empress Eugene is on her way
to Balmoral Castle to visit the Queen.
Cholera is increasing at Wales, but
is largely confined to suburban districts.
A very destructive conflagration has
occurred at Veszprem, hungary, 200 houses
being destroyed.
Gen. Ferron, French minister of war.
has ordered the nth army corps to com
mence modifying.
The Kabbabish tribe has defeated
the Dervisches in the Baggara country,
killing 1,300 of them.
The Parnellites are irritated over the
refusal of the government to extend the
allotments to Ireland.
| Violent rain and hail storms have
prevailed in the northern part of England,
and in Ireland, in many sections and
entirely destroying the standing crops.
| A fire which started in the Cafe
| Egyptian at Carlo destroyed whole block
of buildings. The loss is heavy.
The marquis of Salisbury will remain
at the Chalet Cecil, for which he has just de
parted, till the end Of the autumn.
The London papers generally speak
favorably of the joint commission APP
pointed to settle the fishery dispute.
King Humbert has offered to the
crown prince of Germany the use of the
royal chateau at Caserta for the winter.
140 lives were lost in the burning of
the Exeter, England theatre. The govern
ment will take steps to investigate the dis
| aster.
Numerous tenant farmers in County
Limerick have instructed their solicitors to
apply for revision of the rents under the
| new land act.
A dispatch from Teheran says it is
reported that Ayoub Khan is still on Per-
sian territory and is trying to enter
Afghanistan.
The collapse Of the California wheat
ring caused considerable agitation in the
Liverpool market, and prices sustained q
marked decline.
| Mr.. Chamberlain does not expect to
leave for America till the middle of Novem-
Der. He will address Unionist gathering
in London just prior to his departure.
| By collision in the port of Antwerp
between the British steamer Salisbury
from Philadelphia and the British steamer
John Anderson both vessels were badly
damaged The Salisbury was afterwards
| beached:
| In the elections for members of the
Second Chamber Of the States General in
Holland the returns from twenty-five dis
tricts show the election of twenty-seven
Liberals, ten Orthodox Professionals and
thirteen Catholics.
Baron Kosjek,s Austrian minister at
Teheran, has been transferred to Athens,
and Baron Trantenberg, Austrian Minister
at Athens, has been transferred to Berne
ten. Ihoemmel has been appointed to sue
1 coed Baron Kosjek as Austrian minister at
Persia.
| In consequence Of the I'LL treatment
of Jews, at Navgorod, Russia, Gen.
BarancH has sent circulars to the au-
/ thorities ordering them to adopt stringent
measures against violators of the law and
to guarantee safety to all subjects of the
| Gar, without distinction.
The Russian mission, which recently
went to Kashgar, has been compelled to re-
turn to Khomand. Members of the mission
so outraged public opinion in Kashgar by
Insulting Mohammedan women that riot
against the Russians was provoked. In
/ this several Russians were killed.
During the performance of the
ssRomany Rye in the the theater at Exeter.
| England, Monday evening, before large
audience, the theatre took fire and panic
ensued of the most frantic and indescribable
proportions and in the exit from the build
| ing $50 people, 100 men and boys and so
women lost their lives and a large number
we're injured by burns and being trampled
upon in the mad rush. The theatre was a.
new one, with all modern appointments and
one of the pretMest in the Kingdom.
NORTHWEsTERN NEWS.
Mary Sylvester, a working girl, aged
19, is lying at Minneapolis with broken
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